Legislative Report Archive: 2005

A weekly report of public policy issues in American education from Washington Partners, LLC, Washington DC.

8 April 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations
  • Secretary Spellings Announces New NCLB Policy
  • House and Senate Committees Discuss Head Start Financial Accountability
  • House Committee Discusses Child Obesity During CDC Hearing
  • Department Hosts Community Colleges Virtual Summit
  • New Publications
  • In the News

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1 April 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • Department Announces Additional Public Meetings on IDEA
  • Spellings Considers Increasing 1% Cap for Special Education Students
  • Department to Hold Workshops for Teachers and Principals
  • New Report Shows Academic Progress in Urban School Districts

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25 March 2005

  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittees and Staff Finalized
  • IES Announces 2005 Research Agenda
  • CEP Releases Report on the State of NCLB Implementation
  • In the News

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18 March 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • House Subcommittee Approves Work and Child Care Legislation
  • School Nutrition Focus of Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing
  • Public Education Network Releases NCLB Report
  • New Study Finds Education Leadership Programs Range From "Inadequate to Appalling"
  • Arts Celebrated on Capitol Hill
  • New Publications
  • In the News

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11 March 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • Spellings Restructures the Department of Education
  • HELP Committee Passes Caring for Children Act
  • First Lady and President Bush Promote "Helping America's Youth" Initiative
  • New SAT Debuts March 12

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4 March 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations
  • WIA Update
  • Personnel Changes at the Department of Education
  • Governors and Business Leaders Commit to Redesigning the American High School
  • Correction

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HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEES AND CHAIRMEN

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25 February 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • House Education Committee Releases "Views and Estimates for FY 2006"
  • Governors Focus on High School Redesign
  • Department of Education Holds Final IDEA Public Meeting
  • New Scientifically Based Research Regulations Go Into Effect
  • State Legislators Recommend Changes to NCLB
  • Study Looks at Affects of President's Budget on Domestic Programs after 2006
  • Alliance for Excellent Education Explores Adolescent Literacy Interventions
  • New Publications

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18 February 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • House Appropriations Changes Approved, Senate Has Yet to Follow Suit
  • WIA Reauthorization Jumps Another Hurdle
  • Biggert and Hinojosa Form Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
  • Bipartisan, Bicameral Federal Youth Coordination Act Reintroduced
  • In Brief

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11 February 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • Education Community Disappointed with Budget Request
  • House and Senate Continue Disagreement Over Appropriations Shuffle
  • House Begins WIA Reauthorization
  • House and Senate Launch Afterschool Caucuses
  • Obesity Briefing Held on Hill
  • New Publications

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President's Bush FY06 Budget Request Eliminates 48 Education Programs
February 11, 2005
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7 February 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations Update
  • Education Subcommittees Finalized, Appropriations Reorganization Still up for Debate
  • House to Markup Workforce Investment Act
  • Spellings Sworn in as Education Secretary
  • Department Creates New Resources to Combat Diploma Mills

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Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, 109th Congress
Including Sub-Committees.
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28 January 2005

  • Budget and Appropriations
  • Senate Leadership Introduces Education Legislation
  • House Republicans Assign New Members to Education and Workforce Committee
  • Secretary of Education Spellings Announces New Chief of Staff
  • College Board Reports More Students Succeeding in AP Courses
  • Castle Introduces Perkins Reauthorization Bill
  • In Brief
  • New Publications
  • In the News

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21 January 2005

  • Washington Update
  • Senate Confirms Margaret Spellings as Secretary of Education
  • Senate HELP and Finance Committees Hold Confirmation Hearings on Leavitt
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  • In the News

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14 January 2005

  • Washington Update
  • Bush Launches High School Initiative
  • Senator Kennedy Presents "A Democratic Blueprint for America's Future"
  • Wellness Policy Briefing
  • Department of Education Introduces National Education Technology Plan
  • Symposium Held on Next Steps for NCLB
  • Internet Links Change as 109th Congress Convenes
  • New Publications
  • In the News

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7 January 2005

  • Washington Update
  • Margaret Spellings Confirmation Hearing
  • New Teacher Initiative Launched
  • Education Week Annual Quality Counts Publication Looks at School Finance
  • E-Rate Funds to Resume
  • In the News

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